Improved whiffletree



tongue or'nea'p of a carriage.4 V i A' A' refer tov singletreesrto which the tugs nre to eine elim.

Jon-N J. ADAIR; Or''ronirL'An'nfrlibraria."` l

, Leners Pfm't'No. 103,118, dlldiMay 1.11870;

The Schedule referred lto in th'esve'lletten Patent' and making parl: of the same.

.To all wllfom lit nung/concern:

l Be'itknown that I, Jomr J. ADAIR, of Portland,

ln .the county of Jay andv State of Indiana., have 'inv.invented certain Improvements ',in Wl1iiilet,rees;'z lnd` IIdo hereby, declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description thereof', reference beingr had-l to l Y the anne'xed drawings making part of this specification;

l iny'improrement attached thereto, they being repre` sented as attached to thecross-bar fof a can'iagetongne or neaphlor to al double-tree. l g

, Figure '21's a plan-.or-v top .yiewlof al-singleftree with its attachment?,4 the dotted lines showin g Athe amount of vibrction it is allowed to have."

F'gure is a' pectire view of 'a portiouof thev whilietree, havingthe upper portion 'of thefclip at# tched thereto, :and showing upon it tlleziiange which regulates-its movements.' '.7

Eigure 4 .is a vertical' seetionalv'velevation 'c'lilbotlrV The ab'l'wefreferre' d-to Vfigures refer tothe clip .when constructed'with a. view of being placed upon the endiof a. double-tree or bar of some kind, while those which. l followrefer toa-clip arranged to be placed upon -the center of a bar, which Vmay extend across. the shafts of Vai` carriage,

[Figuren being a rear view of il, single-tree'attached to a cross-bar, allowing how the clip isconst-rncted and arranged. c

yhgure` 6V isla Vsectional elevation on line y y of Figure 'l' is a. plan `or 'top view of the lower portionI v4'Figure 9 is al perspective' .view of Ethe pol-tion,

as attached to .the whifdetree.

trees 5 and Itl consists inf they equamente, colnl'linatil'i, ma arrangement of t the .scribed hereinafter.

tree, orflt may be. the har which is beattached in anyapprored manner, it being of any V4approved construction. 1

l .B refers to a. clip ora portion of a clip, which con-l esta o fV a. plate `ufl-metal which may be' of malleable a -cast-iron or of ,any other suitable material, it con the same-purpose.'

parte, as will be more fullypde-- sisting of a plate-the length of which .is :t little vgreater than the width ofthe whiifietree. Y Y `Upol1 the. rear `end'of this plate there lis tp be formed adownwardlyfprojectingflange, which iswto ,beinthe forln'of a segment ofa circle, as shown in thedrarrings,' so fthat, when placed in its position upon the clip' ',"or that part which .is thus ,desig hated-it, flange shalll project down over the edge oisnclnpartz and',` thus receive-a; portion ofthe force' e1 :erl;ed -v in'dmwing the carriage, which `would other?" wise lbeall expended liponthe bolt, .thus vrendering it liable to bebr'okenor rapidiyllvorn awaylf i j l -B' refe .tov'a clip or th t' potion'ofthe clip which" .is mbe-attached 'to a. double-tree or to `a cross-beam 'or bar upon the neap of n es tr'riage,'which,`lil iig. 1,57

is shown as a socketharing a recess in its inner end for the reception of c a tenen on the Aend of the-tree or bar, its onterend. being finished-or forrned afs shown,

1 or ill any. other desired form., e l .Upomthe uppeLrear, edge befornied a projection, the outer surfaeeof which is to be iin the form oi' la, vsegment, of. a circle,..which A circle shall correspond with' the one on the inside of' the ang'e on B, so `thatas it is placed upon'Bpthe Y client-abone ,alluded to shall-b produced, and also ,the further eiiectoffpreventing the whiictreefrom turning beyond certain limits 'bythe den-ge 'on I?.

cominginnontaetiwith thesides of B',.as shown 'in cross-bart; ofy a carriage, it having two platesjone to `plate, as shown in that figure.

This llp has the projecting other portion, aslin the case' above described,..and for `,C refers.V to bolts,"which pass" through the whiie tree andfthrongh the 'clip or clips,jzmd coniiue the whole togtller,but not sofas to prevent the rrhifiie-j4 'tree lio'rn turning on'tlle double-treezor-bar, as libere lx. s improved clip may beldcseribed as' follows:- A in the 'drawings refers to'lvli'ot may ben` -tlcnbleattached to thev wood at that point.

,end of the seme, aswell as the wearing away ofthe'4 l 'It also provides the lmeans; of'reliering the bolt from a great portion of 4the stminludwenr up'on the ibolt, by causing the strain or force to vbe applied to the I f whole bar' instead ot'only that portion which is infrpnt l ofthe bolt# n '1 j f erneuter-,here is; Lm L.

.n.iigLSL-lthis' clip or this portion of it'isshown `cf'm'sisijlictedfor .being placed upon .the center of the an'ge to receive lthe and some ff the adrantnges nf myC" that the parts B and B',

the latter, B', being so constructed as to embrace the tree, and both parts B and B' being provided with the segmental flanges, substantially as set forth.A

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to A'this specification in the presence of two subscribing .witnesses Witnesses: JOHN J. AD'AIR.

J. A. WALL, J osEPH LAJOLLET; 

